Road Guardians :: Biker's Betterment Conference

Presentations highlight the six areas of motorcycle safety outlined in the National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety (NAMS)

Note: Agenda Subject to Change
8:00 - Registration & Networking at Smokin’ Harley Davidson

11:45 to 1:00 pm – LUNCH catered lunch - get food and sit for presentation at 12:15 - Motorist Awareness

1:15 to 2:00 pm – Rider Demonstrations – braking, cornering, crash scene response demo (outdoor)

"I was thinking about something on the way home. I know that you and Chris have already given some thought to the BBC potential but I was gonna put my two cents in. The Texas Rider Coach Conference in January was my first one to attend. They had break out sessions with different speakers like the BBC. It is my understanding that the conference has been done this way for quite a few years. So, I can see where the BBC will be so well received, that eventually it will come to bikers wanting MORE out of it because it is so great. I know it may take some time to build up to that . . . but I really don't think it will be very long. Any biker with even a small amount of responsible blood running through their veins will see this as an AWESOME EVENT, and will keep coming back every time. I know I will. The ASMI Instructor sessions on marketing and small business were so great and helpful, but the conference break out sessions were, to my surprise, very helpful to me as well! Especially now that I am a Rider Coach so now I can explain better about helmet construction and testing, I can improve how I talk to students regarding impaired riding, I will be able to speak more intelligently to the Ft. Hood class now that I know what sort of initiatives the military has in place to promote safer riding. Thank you for giviing bikers the tools to be better!"

-Denise Carey, Texas

Event Features
• Al Hydeman, Manager of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation -brough the Honda Simulator and presented
a workshop on Street Smarts.
• Michael Jordan, NHTSA Motorcycle Program Analyst spoke about department initiatives and had free materials
available to motorcyclists.
• Imre Szauter, American Motorcyclist Association Government Relations and Manager of the Justice for All Campaign led a panel presentation on Awareness and Right of Way violation programs.
• Dr. Thomas, Snell Memorial Foundation presented on construction, fit and helmet standards.
• Lee Parks, Author of Total Control was our featured guest speaker. Lee has been racing for over 16 years and he won the 2001 G.M.D. Computrack National Endurance Series Championship in the Lightweight class. He also finished 2nd in the 1994 AMA 125GP national championship in its exhibition year. He spent five years as the editor and chief test rider of Motorcycle Consumer News where he road tested every new street motorcycle available in the U.S. and became one of the top performance-testing journalists in the world. Lee wrote a book on Advanced Riding techniques and owns the franchised Total Control curriculum that is taught in many US locations. Many of these locations also offer ASMI training.